Swain senior linebacker Payton Parker was named the 2012 State Championship defensive MVP for Swain at Saturday's game.  Parker was credited with being in on 16 total tackles for the game.  His 16 tackles were the most of anyone from either team. Parker anchored the Maroon Devil defense all season, and finished with 107 tackles on the season, … [Read more...]

Every have one of those days?  You know the ones I am talking about, where pretty much everything that can go wrong does.  Well the Maroon Devils experienced that, and in essence stepped into the Twilight Zone, in Saturday's State 1AA Championship game. The favored Devils suffered through 5 costly turnovers and lost the time of possession battle. … [Read more...]

The clock is counting down to kickoff, and from all indications the Maroon Devils will more than have their hands full with a tough hard nosed Southwest Onslow team.  For four weeks now the Maroon Machine has been running on all cylinders  insuring that home field was an advantage and providing a great atmosphere for the Devils. Last year, … [Read more...]

The grandest high school football stage of all has become reserved for a few final records for the 2012 Maroon Devil football team.  When the season began no one could have guessed that Swain would shatter the offensive record books, but that is pretty much where we stand heading into the State Championship.  There are only a couple more within … [Read more...]